Monday, December 22, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
S.T.E.P. 2008-2009
S.T.E.P. 2008-2009 (Astronomy)
S.T.E.P. (Science Thematic Enrichment Program) will be held on Monday evening, February 23.
You will present your project on S.T.E.P. night. The following guidelines for your project must be followed:
1. must be consistent with the class theme
2. must include library research
3. must include an experiment with experimentally collected data (cannot be just a library research project)
4. must include a written paper (5 pages in length) with a bibliography
must include a poster board which will provide an overview of your project and results and be displayed during S.T.E.P. night
Main Theme: Astronomy (I know it is general-this allows your group to basically choose
anything within astronomy)
To stay on task, the following time-line should be followed.
Topic Due Date
Class theme October 30
STEP groups November 3
Project ideas from each group November 11
Initial Project Bibliography November 26
Initial Experimental Design December 1
All Experimental Work Must be Completed December 1-January 30
Experimental Results Due February 2
Final 5 page paper (with bibliography) Due February 2
Poster Boards Completed February 9
Judging February 13
S.T.E.P. Night February 23
S.T.E.P. (Science Thematic Enrichment Program) will be held on Monday evening, February 23.
You will present your project on S.T.E.P. night. The following guidelines for your project must be followed:
1. must be consistent with the class theme
2. must include library research
3. must include an experiment with experimentally collected data (cannot be just a library research project)
4. must include a written paper (5 pages in length) with a bibliography
must include a poster board which will provide an overview of your project and results and be displayed during S.T.E.P. night
Main Theme: Astronomy (I know it is general-this allows your group to basically choose
anything within astronomy)
To stay on task, the following time-line should be followed.
Topic Due Date
Class theme October 30
STEP groups November 3
Project ideas from each group November 11
Initial Project Bibliography November 26
Initial Experimental Design December 1
All Experimental Work Must be Completed December 1-January 30
Experimental Results Due February 2
Final 5 page paper (with bibliography) Due February 2
Poster Boards Completed February 9
Judging February 13
S.T.E.P. Night February 23
Monday, August 18, 2008
Daily Assignments 2008-2009
Tuesday, August 19
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorial (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure
Thursday, August 21
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Monday, August 25
Lab-Parallax
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review
Wednesday, August 27
Test chapter 1
Friday, August 29
start chapter 2-The Copernican Revolution
sections 2.1-2.4
Retrograde Motion worksheet
book work: page 60-Review Questions 1-8; Self Test questions 1-4
Wednesday, September 3
sections 2.5-2.7
Kepler's Laws worksheets
book work: page 60-Review Questions 9-14; Self Test questions 5-8
Friday, September 5
section 2.8
Lab-Using a Pendulum to determine the Mass of Earth
book work: page 60-Review Questions 15-20; Self Test questions 9-20
Tuesday, September 9
video "The Universe-Gravity"
Review
Thursday, September 11
Test for chapter 2
Monday, September 15
Start chapter 3-Radiation
Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere worksheet
book work: page 81 Review Questions 1-12; Self Test questions 1-5 and 11-15
bookwork: page 83 Problems 1-3
Lab-Waves
Wednesday, September 17
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 81 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-8 and 16-19
bookwork: page 83 Problems 6-11
Lab-Energy Absorption
Friday, September 19
Doppler Shift worksheet
bookwork: page 81 Review Questions 17-20; Self Test questions 9,10,20
bookwork: page 83 Problems 12
online work: log into your astronomy book website, choose the 3rd chapter, and submit the results of your "Tutorial Quiz"
Tuesday, September 23
Test for chapter 3
Thursday, September 25
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
book work page 104 Review 1-6, and 12-14; Self Test 1-4, 8, and 11-13
Read chapter 15 in "Death by Black Hole"-be prepared for a quiz on Wednesday,October 1
Monday, September 29
worksheet "Light and Atoms"
Lab-Spectral Lines
after the lab, go to this spectra webpage to identify your elements:
http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
book work page 104 Review 7-11, and 15-16; Self Test 5-7, 9, and 15-17
on-line work: log into your astronomy book website, complete the tutorials and the tutorials quiz-submit your answers
Wednesday, October 1
worksheet "Analyzing Spectra"
book work page 104 Review 17-20; Self Test 10, 14, 18-20
on-line work: log into your astronomy book website, complete the multiple choice tests, the true/false test, and submit your answers
Friday, October 3
Test for chapter 4
Tuesday, October 7
start chapter 5-Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Lab-Mirrors/Lenses
bookwork p140 Review 2; Self Test 11,12
the chapter 5 test will be Thursday, October 16
Thursday, October 9
Telescope Size, Resolving Power , Light Gathering Power, Images and Detectors
Lab-Angular Resolution
worksheet-Resolving Power and Light Gathering Power
bookwork p140 Review 1,3,6,7,8,20; Self Test 1-3,6,7,13,14
Monday, October 13 No School (Columbus Day)
Tuesday, October 14
High Resolution Astronomy,Radio Astronomy,Interferometry,Space-Based Astronomy,Full-Spectrum Coverage
bookwork p140 Review 4,5,9-19; Self Test 4,5,8-10,15-20
online work: take the MC and T/F tests on the book's website, and submit your scores
Thursday, October 16
Test on chapter 5
Monday, October 20
Begin chapter 6-The Solar System
6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System, 6.2 Measuring the Planets, 6.3 Overall Layout of the Solar System, 6.4 Terrestrial and Jovian Planets
video-The Planets
bookwork p166 Review 2,3,6,7,8,9; Self Test 1-5,8,11-14
Read chapters 4 and 7 in the book "Death by Black Hole"-you willed be quizzed on them on
Oct. 28
Wednesday, October 22
6.5 Interplanetary Matter, 6.6 Spacecraft Exploration, 6.7 How did the Solar System Form?
Lab-Angular Momentum
bookwork p166 Review 1,4,5,10-20; Self Test 6,7,9,10,15-20
Friday, October 24
video-Voyage to the Planets
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores
Tuesday, October 28
test for chapter 6
Thursday, October 30
Begin chapter 7-Earth
7.1 Overall Structure of the Earth, 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere
video-An Inconvenient Truth
bookwork p196 Review 2,5,20; Self Test 1-3,13,14
Read chapter 24 in the book "Death by Black Hole"-you will be quizzed on it on Nov. 11
Monday, November 3
finish video
7.3 Earth's Interior, 7.4 Surface Activity
worksheet-Earth's Changing Surface
bookwork p196 Review 1,3,4,6-13; Self Test 4-6,11,12,15-17
Wednesday, November 5
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p196 Review 14-19; Self Test 7-10,18-20
Thursday, November 6 (all classes meet for ~ 45 minutes)
finish video
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores
Friday, November 7-No classes
Monday, November 10-No classes (Veteran's Day)
Tuesday, November 11 (all classes meet for ~ 45 minutes)
test for chapter 7
Thursday, November 13
Start chapter 8-The Moon and Mercury (the chapter 8 test will include questions from any videos we watch)
8.1-8.3 (Orbital Properties, Physical Properties, Surface Features)
HW p226 Review 1-3,5,6; Self Test 1,4,5,11,17
video-The Universe: The Moon
Read chapter 9 from the book "Death by Black Hole"
Monday, November 17
8.4-8.6 (Rotation Rates, Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition, Surface of Mercury)
HW p226 Review 2,4,7-11,13,16-20; Self Test 2,3,6-9,13-16
video-The Universe: The Inner Planets
Wednesday, November 19
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Quiz on chapter 9 from the book Death by Black Hole
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Moon survival activity
Reading:How Scientists Discovered a Solar System "Superhighway"
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 MC and T/F tests
chapter 8 test is Tuesday, November 25
Friday, November 21
video-either "In the Shadow of the Moon" or "When We Left the Earth:Landing the Eagle"
Tuesday, November 25
review and test on chapter 8
Wednesday, November 26
finish "In the Shadow of the Moon"
Monday, December 1
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
HW p248 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-3, 11-14
Wednesday, December 3
9.4 The Surface of Venus, 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus, 9.6 Venus' Magnetic Field and Internal Structure
video-The Universe:The Inner Planets (Venus)
HW p248 Review 9-20; Self Test 4-10, 15-20
Take and submit the online chapter 9 tests
Friday, December 5
start chapter 10-Mars
10.1 Orbital Properties, 10.2 Physical Properties, 10.3 Long Distance Observations, 10.4 The Martian Surface
overview of NASA Mars Missions
Hw p275 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1, 4-6, 8, 11-13, 15-16
Tuesday, December 9
10.5 Water on Mars, 10.6 Martian Atmosphere, 10.7 Martian Internal Structure, 10.8 The Moons of Mars
video-The Universe:Mars
Hw p275 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 2,3,7,9,10,14,17-20
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Thursday, December 11
Review of Semester 1 Final
Monday, December 15
Semester 1 Final in class
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorial (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure
Thursday, August 21
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Monday, August 25
Lab-Parallax
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review
Wednesday, August 27
Test chapter 1
Friday, August 29
start chapter 2-The Copernican Revolution
sections 2.1-2.4
Retrograde Motion worksheet
book work: page 60-Review Questions 1-8; Self Test questions 1-4
Wednesday, September 3
sections 2.5-2.7
Kepler's Laws worksheets
book work: page 60-Review Questions 9-14; Self Test questions 5-8
Friday, September 5
section 2.8
Lab-Using a Pendulum to determine the Mass of Earth
book work: page 60-Review Questions 15-20; Self Test questions 9-20
Tuesday, September 9
video "The Universe-Gravity"
Review
Thursday, September 11
Test for chapter 2
Monday, September 15
Start chapter 3-Radiation
Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere worksheet
book work: page 81 Review Questions 1-12; Self Test questions 1-5 and 11-15
bookwork: page 83 Problems 1-3
Lab-Waves
Wednesday, September 17
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 81 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-8 and 16-19
bookwork: page 83 Problems 6-11
Lab-Energy Absorption
Friday, September 19
Doppler Shift worksheet
bookwork: page 81 Review Questions 17-20; Self Test questions 9,10,20
bookwork: page 83 Problems 12
online work: log into your astronomy book website, choose the 3rd chapter, and submit the results of your "Tutorial Quiz"
Tuesday, September 23
Test for chapter 3
Thursday, September 25
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
book work page 104 Review 1-6, and 12-14; Self Test 1-4, 8, and 11-13
Read chapter 15 in "Death by Black Hole"-be prepared for a quiz on Wednesday,October 1
Monday, September 29
worksheet "Light and Atoms"
Lab-Spectral Lines
after the lab, go to this spectra webpage to identify your elements:
http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
book work page 104 Review 7-11, and 15-16; Self Test 5-7, 9, and 15-17
on-line work: log into your astronomy book website, complete the tutorials and the tutorials quiz-submit your answers
Wednesday, October 1
worksheet "Analyzing Spectra"
book work page 104 Review 17-20; Self Test 10, 14, 18-20
on-line work: log into your astronomy book website, complete the multiple choice tests, the true/false test, and submit your answers
Friday, October 3
Test for chapter 4
Tuesday, October 7
start chapter 5-Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Lab-Mirrors/Lenses
bookwork p140 Review 2; Self Test 11,12
the chapter 5 test will be Thursday, October 16
Thursday, October 9
Telescope Size, Resolving Power , Light Gathering Power, Images and Detectors
Lab-Angular Resolution
worksheet-Resolving Power and Light Gathering Power
bookwork p140 Review 1,3,6,7,8,20; Self Test 1-3,6,7,13,14
Monday, October 13 No School (Columbus Day)
Tuesday, October 14
High Resolution Astronomy,Radio Astronomy,Interferometry,Space-Based Astronomy,Full-Spectrum Coverage
bookwork p140 Review 4,5,9-19; Self Test 4,5,8-10,15-20
online work: take the MC and T/F tests on the book's website, and submit your scores
Thursday, October 16
Test on chapter 5
Monday, October 20
Begin chapter 6-The Solar System
6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System, 6.2 Measuring the Planets, 6.3 Overall Layout of the Solar System, 6.4 Terrestrial and Jovian Planets
video-The Planets
bookwork p166 Review 2,3,6,7,8,9; Self Test 1-5,8,11-14
Read chapters 4 and 7 in the book "Death by Black Hole"-you willed be quizzed on them on
Oct. 28
Wednesday, October 22
6.5 Interplanetary Matter, 6.6 Spacecraft Exploration, 6.7 How did the Solar System Form?
Lab-Angular Momentum
bookwork p166 Review 1,4,5,10-20; Self Test 6,7,9,10,15-20
Friday, October 24
video-Voyage to the Planets
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores
Tuesday, October 28
test for chapter 6
Thursday, October 30
Begin chapter 7-Earth
7.1 Overall Structure of the Earth, 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere
video-An Inconvenient Truth
bookwork p196 Review 2,5,20; Self Test 1-3,13,14
Read chapter 24 in the book "Death by Black Hole"-you will be quizzed on it on Nov. 11
Monday, November 3
finish video
7.3 Earth's Interior, 7.4 Surface Activity
worksheet-Earth's Changing Surface
bookwork p196 Review 1,3,4,6-13; Self Test 4-6,11,12,15-17
Wednesday, November 5
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p196 Review 14-19; Self Test 7-10,18-20
Thursday, November 6 (all classes meet for ~ 45 minutes)
finish video
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores
Friday, November 7-No classes
Monday, November 10-No classes (Veteran's Day)
Tuesday, November 11 (all classes meet for ~ 45 minutes)
test for chapter 7
Thursday, November 13
Start chapter 8-The Moon and Mercury (the chapter 8 test will include questions from any videos we watch)
8.1-8.3 (Orbital Properties, Physical Properties, Surface Features)
HW p226 Review 1-3,5,6; Self Test 1,4,5,11,17
video-The Universe: The Moon
Read chapter 9 from the book "Death by Black Hole"
Monday, November 17
8.4-8.6 (Rotation Rates, Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition, Surface of Mercury)
HW p226 Review 2,4,7-11,13,16-20; Self Test 2,3,6-9,13-16
video-The Universe: The Inner Planets
Wednesday, November 19
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Quiz on chapter 9 from the book Death by Black Hole
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Moon survival activity
Reading:How Scientists Discovered a Solar System "Superhighway"
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 MC and T/F tests
chapter 8 test is Tuesday, November 25
Friday, November 21
video-either "In the Shadow of the Moon" or "When We Left the Earth:Landing the Eagle"
Tuesday, November 25
review and test on chapter 8
Wednesday, November 26
finish "In the Shadow of the Moon"
Monday, December 1
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
HW p248 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-3, 11-14
Wednesday, December 3
9.4 The Surface of Venus, 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus, 9.6 Venus' Magnetic Field and Internal Structure
video-The Universe:The Inner Planets (Venus)
HW p248 Review 9-20; Self Test 4-10, 15-20
Take and submit the online chapter 9 tests
Friday, December 5
start chapter 10-Mars
10.1 Orbital Properties, 10.2 Physical Properties, 10.3 Long Distance Observations, 10.4 The Martian Surface
overview of NASA Mars Missions
Hw p275 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1, 4-6, 8, 11-13, 15-16
Tuesday, December 9
10.5 Water on Mars, 10.6 Martian Atmosphere, 10.7 Martian Internal Structure, 10.8 The Moons of Mars
video-The Universe:Mars
Hw p275 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 2,3,7,9,10,14,17-20
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Thursday, December 11
Review of Semester 1 Final
Monday, December 15
Semester 1 Final in class
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Summer Reading
For the astronomy class, the Summer Reading book is "Death by Black Hole and other Cosmic Quandaries" by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06224-3 or ISBN-10: 0-393-06224-4
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Black-Hole-Cosmic-Quandaries/dp/0393330168/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212010859&sr=1-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06224-3 or ISBN-10: 0-393-06224-4
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Black-Hole-Cosmic-Quandaries/dp/0393330168/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212010859&sr=1-1
Friday, February 29, 2008
Required Textbook
The astronomy class will be using the textbook 'Astronomy Today 6E' by Eric Chaisson. You can find information about it here: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,3110,0132400855,00.html
ISBN-10: 0132400855 ISBN-13: 9780132400855
ISBN-10: 0132400855 ISBN-13: 9780132400855
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